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The Book Café: 05/12/2011

05/12/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Book Café, 05/12/2011

Editor Joseph Galliano talks to Clare English about the second volume of Dear Me letters.

The second volume of Dear Me letters is out now with contributions from Alice Cooper, Alan Cumming and Steven King. Editor Joseph Galliano joins Clare English.

The second volume of Dear Me letters is out now! This time containing a whole host of contributions from 75 public figures; including Alice Cooper, Alan Cumming, Steven King and Gene Hackman. Editor Joseph Galliano joins Clare to give the inside track on squeezing those heart felt nuggets out of the trickiest of catches.

Denise Mina pops into the studio to tell Clare about the importance of meeting her readers, ahead of a pre-Christmas reading at Waterstones this week, plus she has a very exciting announcement to make!

And with Christmas fast approaching and e-readers making it to the top of lots of Christmas lists we'll go head to head with tablet vs. tome and examine the pros and cons of kindles and the like.

Daniela Sacerdoti joins Clare to talk about her debut novel Watch Over Me which has been described as a poignant story about letting go and moving on - with a little help from beyond the grave.

Plus, we hear from Patrick Bishop on his latest book, the first great novel of the Afghan war, Follow Me Home.

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